LEAD 2022 Faculty

Meet our Chairs

Brahmer Julie

JULIE BRAHMER, MD, MSc

Co-Director, Upper Aerodigestive Department
Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland

shah nina

NINA SHAH, MD

Professor, Clinical Medicine
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Vose Julie

JULIE M. VOSE, MD, MBA

Professor, Internal Medicine, Division Chief,
Division of Oncology & Hematology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

Presenting Faculty

Bertagnolli Monica
MONICA M. BERTAGNOLLI, MD, FACS, FASCO

Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgery, Surgical Oncology Harvard Medical School Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women’s Cancer Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Blau Sibel
SIBEL BLAU, MD

President/CEO, Quality Cancer Care Alliance Network,
Medical Director, Oncology Division, Northwest Medical Specialties,
Clinical Associate Professor, Hematology Division-UW Puyallup, Washington

Davidson Nancy
NANCY E. DAVIDSON, MD

Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Senior Vice President and Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Professor and Head, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington Raisbeck Endowed Chair for Collaborative
Seattle, Washington

Jagsi Reshma
RESHMA JAGSI, MD, DPHIL

Newman Family Professor,
Deputy Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology,
Director, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine,
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan

Lee Stephanie
STEPHANIE LEE, MD, MPH

Professor and Associate Director, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson,
David and Patricia Giuliani/Oliver Press Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, Fred Hutchinson Seattle, Washington

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LALEH MELSTROM, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery and Immuno-Oncology
City of Hope
Darte, California

Mitchell Edith preferred
EDITH MITCHELL, MD, MACP, FCPP, FRC

Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology,
Department of Medical Oncology,
Director, Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities,
Associate Director, Diversity Affairs,
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson,
116th President National Medical Association
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Patt Debra
DEBRA PATT, MD, PHD, MBA

Executive Vice President, Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Texas Oncology Austin, Texas

Pierce Lori
LORI PIERCE, FASCO, FASTRO

Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Sweeney Susan
SUSAN W. SWEENEY

Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, Access and Capabilities, Amgen Thousand Oaks, California

Tempero Margaret
MARGARET A. TEMPERO, MD

Rombauer Family Distinguished Professorship in Pancreas Cancer Clinical and Translational Science, Director, UCSF Pancreas Center, Leader, Pancreas Cancer Program, Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Travis Elizabeth
ELIZABETH TRAVIS, PHD, FASTRO

Associate Vice President for Women and Minority Faculty Inclusion, Mattie Allen Fair Professor in Cancer Research, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Winkfield Karen Faculty
KAREN  WINKFIELD, MD, PhD

Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance
Nashville, Tennessee

Whalen Marty Faculty

MARTIN WHALEN, MBA

Vice President, US Hematology
Bristol Myers Squibb
Princeton Pike, New Jersey

Whalen Marty Faculty

MARTIN WHALEN, MBA

Vice President, US Oncology
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Newton, Pennsylvania

Advisory Committee

Velazquez Manana Ana
ANA VELÁZQUEZ MAÑANA, MD

Clinical Fellow UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer
San Francisco, California

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DEBRA PATT, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FASCO

Executive Vice President, Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Texas Oncology
Austin, Texas

Plimack Elizabeth

ELIZABETH PLIMACK, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Naidoo Jarushka

JARUSHKA NAIDOO, MBBCH, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Beaumont Hospital Dublin
Dublin, Ireland

Bosserman Linda
Linda Bosserman, MD, FACP, FASCO

Clinical Professor City of Hope Medical Group, Inc, Medical Oncologist, Breast Cancer Specialist
Duarte, California

Duma Narjust
NARJUST DUMA, MD

Associate Director, Cancer Care Equity Program Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Kunz Pamela
PAMELA KUNZ, MD

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center
Chief, GI Medical Oncology
Vice Chief, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Medical Oncology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Shroff Rachna

RACHNA SHROFF, MD, MS

Chief, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
The University of Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, Arizona

Patel Sapna

SAPNA PATEL, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Westin ShannonN

SHANNON WESTIN, MD, MPH, FACOG

Associate Professor Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas